Table 3.
Laboratory data and treatment of children with B19 encephalitis and encephalopathy
| Case | Anemia |
Serum B19 markers |
CSF B19 markers |
CSF |
IVIG | |||||
| No. | IgM | IgG | DNA | IgM | IgG | DNA | Pleocytosis | Increased protein | and/or steroids | |
| 1 | - | + | - | - | ||||||
| 2 | - | - | + | - | ||||||
| 3 | - | + | + | + | - | + | + | - | ||
| 4 | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | IVIG | ||
| 5 | + | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 6 | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | |||
| 7 | - | - | - | + | - | |||||
| 8 | + | + | - | + | - | - | + | - | ||
| 9 | - | + | - | |||||||
| 10 | - | + | - | - | ||||||
| 11 | - | + | + | - | ||||||
| 12 | + | + | - | + | + | - | + | - | ||
| 13 | + | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | ||
| 14 | + | + | + | + | + | - | ||||
| 15 | + | + | + | + | + | - | ||||
| 16 | + | + | + | + | + | - | ||||
| 17 | + | + | + | + | + | - | ||||
| 18 | - | + | - | - | - | + | + | IVIG and steroids | ||
| 19 | + | + | + | + | + | - | ||||
| 20 | - | - | - | + | - | - | + | + | - | IVIG and steroids |
| 21 | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | Steroids | ||
| 22 | + | + | + | + | - | - | ||||
| 23 | - | + | + | + | + | - | + | - | ||
| 24 | + | + | + | + | + | - | + | - | ||
| 25 | - | + | + | + | - | - | + | + | + | - |
| 26 | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | - | Steroids | |
| 27 | + | + | + | - | - | - | ||||
| 28 | - | + | + | + | - | - | IVIG and steroids | |||
| 29 | - | + | - | - | ||||||
| 30 | + | + | - | + | - | - | ||||
| 31 | + | - | + | + | + | - | - | Steroids | ||
| 32 | + | - | - | IVIG | ||||||
| 33 | + | - | - | IVIG | ||||||
| 34 | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | ||
IVIG: Intravenous immunoglobulin; CSF: Cerebrospinal fluid.